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Today is the elections and most people here on the Isle of Skye tell us they are voting an enthusiastic YES, especially the young people. The music store shopkeeper told us that many will stay up all night to hear the results and if the vote is Yes there will be parties across Scotland throughout the weekend with lots of music and drinking. If it …

Well it's the first day after the election and everyone we've talked to is very pragmatic about the vote result, and everything quickly returning to normal. Workers are already taking down YES and NO signs this morning. To get a break from driving we took a tour of the north part of the island in a small van with Katheen who was born on …

... snow and had lost all traction so couldn't free itself. Greg got out and helped dig and push with some help from other drivers, and we were off again fairly quickly. However, that was just the start- I saw two separate cars that had run off the side of the roads with front-end damage, and the next big one involved a truck that had jack-knifed on a slight bend and was obstructing most of the road, which was located on a cliff face. We were on the cliff side of ...

Woke to glorious sunshine, the muted colours of sunrise washed over the bay as we partook of breakfast, I missed the Dolphins this morning as there has been a large pod to be seen the first two mornings we were at breakfast. Today we headed south to explore another awe inspiring location on this beautiful Isle. Located at the foot of the Black Cuillins near Glenbrittle are the Fairy Pools, beautifully crystal clear blue pools on the River ...

... points along the way. We then decided there was time enough to drive on to Stein, where we had enjoyed a pub meal the evening before, it had been too dark to really see anything of Stein. The trip was worth every minute of the narrow road, as we came over the top to descend into Stein the sun was setting over the bay, producing the most glorious of sunset vistas, in colours of pink, orange, reds and gold. The perfect way to end a ...